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" History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. "
John Acton
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" Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will. "
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